Posted on 08/17/2014 6:38:53 AM PDT by jimbo123
David Gregory wasn’t supposed to host “Meet the Press” on Sunday. He was on a planned vacation in Nantucket, where, the night before, he had hosted a special presentation of the Boston Pops, sponsored by Coastal Living and Real Simple.
Midway through the week, however, Gregory changed his mind. His fate at “Meet the Press” had been the subject of numerous press reports. Page Six and others had declared him dead in the water come November. Several NBC personalities were already vying to replace him. Gregory was chartered back to Washington for Sunday’s program, having concluded, one NBC source said, that being off was “a dumb move” — that would have only further fueled speculation that the host was on his way out.
For well over a year now, NBC News executives have been trying to come up with a solution to what sources there referred to as “the David Gregory problem.” The host had driven NBC’s once-dominant Sunday show to the bottom of the ratings race. He was widely disliked within the organization and his ambition and vanity rubbed important colleagues at NBC the wrong way.
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A $4,000,000 parachute? To quit?
Nice gig there, David Gregory. Must put you in the 1%.
So, Gregory had spent the week on Nantucket vacationing. And he had hosted an affair on Saturday nite. Then, he was chartered back to Washington to host Sunday's "Meet the Press".
May I ask just how prepared was he to host the show? Had he acquainted himself with the guests? Had he mapped out how he planned to direct the interviews? Had he created a list of questions that needed asking?
Did he have any friggin' idea what direction he should take the show?
No wonder Gregory and the show are failing. He and the network are taking a rankly unprofessional approach to the job.
You can sit in the front seat next to the door.
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